A few words about the canidate system, or representatives or what ever. I feel this is a rather unique and potentially great idea. I actually think this would be the first forum to have and impliment its own government (of course, I hardly have been to any other forum...). Now, this place right now, isn't exactly the full, raw, real deal.....yet. It is a temp forum, a place to test out new ideas and concepts, experiment with features without very high of a risk, and most of all, something to take Pixelation's place while it is being "rebuilt". Now imagine if we were all hard assed here, taking everything 100% seriously. Never taking time to laugh, only focusing on posting art, and handling problems, etc. I think alot less people would come here. Sure, we should have a bit of seriousness, to look respectable to all the publishers and developers, or other people on the outside looking in, but right now, its just us; there is nobody looking in. Why not have a bit of fun and challenge the new features, after all, this is what is going to be in the actual forums, and now could be the only time we could challenge the system (allthough I think Pep would be very open to change if there actually was something majorly disliked by the public), and I don't think we should waste this golden chance. Also, think of all the humor and comedy surrounding the political debates of America. SNL, The Daily Show, etc. Usually topics brought up in these shows are real topics, but the view points are different from the usual standard, and maybe its these alternate view points being expressed freely that keep a nation from a revolution. And, if anybody can remember, Pixelation used to only have one rule, one formed and based on respect, and that rule is, and still should be, "Don't be an ass." Anyways, I think there is only one way to tell if this rep thing will work or not, and that is to try.
Now, some words about these so-called 'problems'. I quite personnally, during all of my time as a member here, and back when pixelation was around, haven't saw any forum threatening problems at the member level. The main problems were stuff like where to host images, how to post an image on the forum, and other similar stuff. But personally, I really don't think there was much problem with the users. If a user got off hand, she/he got warned or banned when needed, and it forum life resumed unharmed. I personally think we are trying to protect ourselves from something that isn't even there. Paranoid. I think we should focus our efforts to the real problem; the forum's stability. It should be addressed before all of this member fortifying, renforcing, and methods; we aren't trying to make a fallout shelter or a panic room, but rather, something more like a coffee shop or a cafe.
I feel really bad for typing so much, and I feel that I have gone against my biggest policy, so I am going to have to pixel overtime to make up for this
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